scrapeTable Method
Scrape and return the content of one or more tables.
See also: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp
Syntax
clsIE.scrapeTable( cssSelector )
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| clsIE | The name of an object of type clsIE | |
| cssSelector | String | Required. Pattern to select the table(s) on the current webpage. |
Return value
Collection : This collection contains for every row found a collection containing the content of every cell.
clsIEtag:clsIE
Remarks
- Be aware of the fact that multiple tables may match the pattern specified by cssSelector and this method will return all rows of all these table.
Example
Dim IE As New clsIE
Dim rates As Collection
Dim index As Long
Dim row As Collection
IE.location = "https://www.x-rates.com/table/?from=EUR&amount=1"
'
' Select the table with class "ratesTable". The
' webpage containes 2 tables, so use :first-of-type to select
' only the first table!
Set rates = IE.scrapeTable("table.ratesTable:first-of-type")
For index = 1 To rates.count
Set row = rates(index)
Debug.Print row(1) & ";" & row(2) & ";" & row(3)
Next index
'Possible results:
'Euro;1.00 EUR;inv. 1.00 EUR
'US Dollar;1.130998;0.884175
'British Pound;0.883413;1.131974
'Indian Rupee;81.367698;0.012290
'Australian Dollar;1.556322;0.642540
'Canadian Dollar;1.496026;0.668437
'Singapore Dollar;1.557467;0.642068
'Swiss Franc;1.136571;0.879839
'Malaysian Ringgit;4.738270;0.211048
'Japanese Yen;128.283191;0.007795
'Chinese Yuan Renminbi;7.848841;0.127407